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Music to our ears: A host of events at Mohegan Sun in coming months

Betting that COVID-19 is more or less in the rear-view mirror, Mohegan Sun is rolling out a busy slate of concerts and other entertainment for the rest of the year. Here are some of the big-name acts due from spring to the fall.

🎤 Older folks first: Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons -- one of our all-time favorites -- will make their return to Mohegan Sun Arena at 8 p.m.  April 22. That only seems weird to say in 2022 because the rock legend is 87 years old. (Here's my chat with Valli before another CT visit in 2019.)

Tickets are $35 via ticketmaster.com and the Mohegan Sun Box Office.

The original Jersey boy, Valli had hits with mostly Bob Gaudio/Bob Crewe tunes such as “Sherry,” “Walk Like A Man,” “Big Girls Don’t Cry,” “Rag Doll,” “Beggin'” and “Can’t Take My Eyes Off of You." Valli and the Four Seasons have sold more than 100 million records worldwide.

🎤Speaking of Italian singers, the Il Volo performance at Mohegan Sun Arena scheduled in March is now on for September 17. Tickets will be honored for the new rescheduled date. (Here's my chat with a member of Il Volo in early 2020, previewing a very satisfying concert by the three tenors at Foxwoods.)

The new concert will explore the music of Ennio Morricone and all of their greatest hits when they kick off their North American tour this September.

🎵And then there's the music of 2Cellos, the eclectic duo comprised of two classically trained cellists who reached video viral fame on YouTube with their 2011 rendition of Michael Jackson’s “Smooth Criminal.” They will play the Mohegan Arena March 31. The pair, Luka Šulić and Hauser, spoke to me in 2017 before another area gig. Here's that story.

🎵April 15 and 16 will bring Lorde and Shinedown, respectively, to the Arena (see MoheganSun.com), and New Haven's own Michael Bolton, see adjacent, will be center stage on May 6. Also in May, there's Chicago May 7, Sting and Joe Sumner May 15 and country icon Brad Paisley 27.

🎸Breaking Benjamin is returning to the road this spring and will join special guests Seether, Starset, and Lacey Sturm for a night of rock music at April 23 at Mohegan Sun Arena.

Tickets are $59.50, $49.50, and $39.50.

🎸For the first time, rock band Third Eye Blind will command Mohegan Sun Arena as part of their “Summer Gods: 25 Years in the Blind” tour. Special guests Taking Back Sunday and Hockey Dad will join TEB at 7 p.m. July 21st at Mohegan Sun Arena. Tickets are $35 and available at the Mohegan Sun Box Office.

Breaking Benjamin first made a splash with 2002’s "Saturate" and the band has amassed a string of mainstream rock radio hits.

🎸Rock band Limp Bizkit will return will bring their month-long Still Sucks Tour to the Mohegan Sun ArenaThursday, May 12th. Tickets are $69.50, $59.50, $49.50, and $39.50 and go on sale Friday, March 18th, at 10:00am via ticketmaster.com. 

🎵Former boy band OneRepublic will perform their Never Ending Summer Tour with special guest Need to Breathe at 7 p.m. July 22 at Mohegan Sun Arena.

Tickets are $149.50, $99.50, $79.50 and $59.50.

OneRepublic released their latest single “West Coast” recently, along with a video for the song.

🎤Grammy and Emmy Award-winning comedian, actor, director and producer Chris Rock has announced his “Ego Death World Tour 2022," which will bring him to Mohegan Sun Arena June 3rd. This tough ticket is priced at $119.50, $99.50, and $79.50 (much much more in the secondary market). 

And you have to respect the phone policy at this event. At least I do. Says Mohegan: This event will be a phone-free experience. Use of phones will not be permitted in the performance space. Upon arrival at the venue, photos will be secured in individual "Yondr" pouches that will be opened at the end of the event. Guests maintain possession of their devices at all times and can access them throughout the event only in designated Phone Use Areas within the venue. All devices will be re-secured in Yondr pouches before returning to the performance space."

🎤The same applies to comic Hasan Minhaj and his April 9 appearance at the Arena. Minhaj was the host and creator of the weekly comedy show "Patriot Act" on Netflix. Lock up the phone, kids.

As Nelson Muntz on "The Simpsons" would say to the phone-obsessed: "Ha ha!"

🎤 Jeff Dunham, left, the ventriloquist who has sold out arenas for more than two decades, returns to Mohegan Sun Arena with his newest tour “Jeff Dunham: Seriously!?” August 5. 

Tickets are $69, $59, $49, and $39.

🎼Multi-Platinum, award-winning singer, songwriter and actor Josh Groban follows his latest album, "Harmony," with a return to Mohegan Sun Arena at 7 p.m.April . Tickets are $79, $59, and $49.

🎤 Country singer Kane Brown will perform a two-night concert gig at Mohegan Sun Arena June 4 and 5 as part of his “Blessed & Free Tour.”  Special guests Walker Hayes and Raelynn will join Brown for the second date.

Tickets for the June 5th show are $130.50, $100.50, $80.50, and $60.50 Kane Brown has earned three AMA Awards and produced two of the most streamed country songs of all time – seven-time Platinum No. 1 hits “Heaven” and “What Ifs.”

🎵 Eight-time Grammy-nominated Rock band Death Cab for Cutie will take the stage for one night July 15 at Mohegan Sun Arena. Tickets are $45 and $35.

Death Cab for Cutie originally formed in Bellingham, Washington, in 1998. 

August to October

🎤Country superstar Sam Hunt makes his return to Mohegan Sun Arena for one night at 7:30 p.m. August 19.

Tickets are $129.50, $99.50, $79.50, and $59.50.

 

🎵The group My Chemical Romance has announced additional North American tour dates to their already substantial run and My Chemical Romance will take the stage at September 1st at Mohegan Sun Arena. 

Tickets are a hefty $229.50, $179.50, $149.50, and $129.50. Backing them on the road will be various performers, including Waterparks and Meg Myers at Mohegan Sun Arena.

🎤Comedian and podcast host Tom Segura returns to Mohegan Sun Arena for one night at 8:00pm on Saturday, September 3rd.

Tickets are $99.50, $79.50, $69.50, and $59.50.

Actor, comedian, and writer Tom Segura is one of the biggest names in the comedy business and is best known for his Netflix specials "Ball Hog" (2020), "Disgraceful" (2018), "Mostly Stories" (2016), and "Completely Normal" (2014). 

 

🎵On the heels of their sold out spring 2022 "Dreams in Gold" arena tour, Grammy Award-winning Rock band Greta Van Fleet will hit the road this fall and (with special guests Houndmouth and Robert Finley) will take the stage at Mohegan Sun Arena for the first time October 7th.

 Tickets are $99, $89 and $69.